Buggy-top support



(No Model.)

. s. 130mm. BUGGY TOP SUPPORT.

-N0-. 502, 07.v Patented Aug. 1, 1893.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

STEPHEN BOUGIE, OF MARINETTE, WVISCONSIN.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of LettersPatent No. 502,607, dated August 1, 1893.

Application filed'April 17, 1893.

To all whom it may concern: Be it known that I, STEPHEN BOUGIE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Marinette, in the county of Marinette and State of Wisconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Buggy-Top Supports; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full,

clear, and exact description of the invention,

such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to improvementslinness of the support therefor; moreover there is a tendency for the folded top to shake up and down over its support causing injury to the lower bow, and general wear and tear on the buggy-top. Again, if, as is common, the prop be attached to the back of the seat, the blow caused by folding the top, and the jarring over rough roads, are frequently the cause of cracking and splitting the back of the seat,

Reference is had to the accompanying drawings, in which the same parts are indicated by the same letters throughout the several views.

Figure 1 represents a side elevation of a part of abuggy fitted with my improved supporting device. Fig. 2 represents an enlarged side elevation of the spring supporting device, and Fig. 3 represents a section of Fig. 2, along the line 1 y of the said figure.

A represents the side of the buggy seat, and B represents the buggytop, provided with semi n; 470,684." on; model.)

bows l), b, and b and pivoted atb as shown in Fig. 1.

0 represents the bent metal piece curved up to the pivot b and provided near its rear end with a square bolt 0' covered with rubber G and having a collar 0 for the holding rod D. for keeping the buggy top up,which is connected to the buggy-top in the usual way, and the lower end of which is pivoted on the said collar 0, being held thereon by the nut 0 v E represents a flat spring stretched between the clamps 6 held by clamp screws 6 and nuts 6 on the rear bow b. Riveted at f to the under side ofthe" spring E is the spring clasp F,

having curved arms f projecting downward Iand adapted to spring over and hold the rubber sheathing O on the bolt 0'. The operation of the device is as follows: As the buggy top is lowered the rear bow 1) falls over the prop O and the curved arms f slip over the rubber sheathing and spring back clasping the said sheathing. At the same time the weight of the buggy top is brought to bear on the springE and is distributed by it to the bow b at the two clamps e, thus giving two points of support to the said bow instead of one as would be the case were the spring E not used. Again, the spring clasp F steadies the bow b and prevents it from shaking up and down as the buggy travels over rough roads. The combined effect of the yielding spring E, the spring clasp F and the rubber sheath 0 is to give a broad and yielding support to the lower bow and the weight of the buggy top resting thereon. Having'thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is-

1. In a folding top buggy, the combination with the prop of a yielding device for supporting and steadying the top when lowered, comprising a spring attached to the lower bow of the buggy top, beneath said bow, and a resilient holding device riveted to said spring and beneath the same, and adapted to engage said prop, substantiallyas and for the purposes described.

2. Ina folding-top buggy, thecombination with the prop and a rubber sheathing. thereon, of a yielding device for supporting and steadying the top when lowered, comprising neath the said spring and provided with a spring attached to the lower bow of the curved arm f adapted to slip over and hold buggy top, beneath said bow, and a spring said prop, substantially as and for the pur-' clasp riveted beneath said spring and adapted poses described. 15 5 to clasp said rubber sheathing, substantially In testimony whereof I affix my signature in as and for tllae purpostes descrilped. b presence of two witnesses.

3. In a to ing top uggy, t e corn ination with the prop, of a yielding device for support- STEPHEN BOUGIE' ing and steadying the top when lowered com- Witnesses: Io prising the springE secured to the lower bow AMOS HOLGATE,

of the buggy, the spring clasp F secured be- IIATTIE E. TAYLOR. 

